Mucilage-cap structure



R. R. RITZ.

MUCILAGE CAP STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1921.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

- that the followin v UNITED, STATES ROBERT It. RITZ, orMInwAUKnE', isconsin.

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To all whom it may concern."

Be it known: that I, RonnnrR. RITZ, a citizen of the United States, and resident of llliliwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State. of-Wisconsim have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mucilage- Cap; Structures; and I do hereby. declare g is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. i Y

My invention refers to closures'for bottles used as containers for 'mucilage, paste or'the described with reference to the accompany-. ing illustrations and subsequently called for in the claim.

In the drawings: 1 Figure 1 represents a sectional view of V a bottle neck equipped with a closure embodying the features of my invention. 7

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of a bottle showing the neckportion equipped with a temporary cover, which constitutes a part of the cap closure and which is removed from said cap closure after] the same has been stripped from the bottle neck, the temporary cover being-associated with the mucilage distributor.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the cap closure in its normal position, .as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the temporary closure, disc, as shown in Figure Figure 5 is a plan View of'the cap closure or seal after the removal of a certain portion thereof, whereby the shell is mutilated preparatory to being stripped from the bottle neck, and r r I Figure 6 is a plan view of the portion removed from the cap, as shown in Figure 5, said portion illustrated in Figure 6 being a tongue that is stripped from the body of the seal.

Referring by characters to the drawings, A represents a bottle neck, the mouth of which terminates with an annular lip B.

I Specification of Letterslatentf of wiper or paste distributor can be used.

aperture of the disc 6.

the body of thecap closure.

When it is desired to open the .bottle for" Patented Feb. 7,1922.

' Application filed March18, 1921. serial in. 453,239.

As'best shown in Figure 1', the cap closure,

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when fitted to the container for shipment;

comprises an outer capshell having a cir- V cu-lar body portion 1,]that terminates with v v I a down-turned flange 2, which flange is crimped as lndlcated at 3 and folded under the lip B, in the ordlnary manner generally used in connection with crowned caps. The

cap shell has fitted therein a yieldable gasket 4, which' gasket is preferably formed from cork 'or' analogous material, and is adapted to impin'geagainst the upper plate of the bottle mouth lipj The upper surface of the gasket has fitted thereon a thin plate 5 of paper or analogous material, which is waterproof. The gasket and metallic plate- 5' are in turn nested within a-metallic cupped disc 6, havinga downturned flange '6 which follows the flange" 2 of the cap shell. The central portion of the disc '6 is" slightly bowed upwardly, together with the body 1 of the cap shell, and this central bowed. portion of the disc 6 is provided with an aperture 7 which serves as a receivingsocket for a brush stem 8, WlllCll brush stem, as best shown in Figure 2,-is in this case formed with a brush 8? at its lower end, but obviously any other type As best shownin' Figure 3, the body 1 of the cap shell is centrally cut away and the line of cut extends rearwardly to a point wherethe face of the-cap shell intersects the.

down-turned fiange2 thereof. Thus this cut away portion which, under normal 'conditions, is not distributed,forms a tongue9. 1

Thus it will be seen that when the package is shipped, the tongue 9 of the cap closure forms an uninterrupted portion'thereof and" with the other disc element seals the central Furthermore, it'will be seenthat as shown v in Figure 1 the container is hermetically sealed by theseveral units comprisingethe gasket plate and disc, due to the fact that these elements are all snugly compressed between the upper face of'the 'bottle 'lip and flange 2 and a pull upon the same will cause the weakened flange walls to break away, whereby the tongue is bodily removed, as shown in Figures 5 and 6; The continulty of the flange 2 be ng thus broken,

' the cap shell can readily be stripped from the mouth of the bottle and it, together with the gasket and plate, are thrown away, The metal disc 6, however, after being removed is utilized as a temporary cover by the user, and the disc is then fitted with a stem of a standard wiper, such as is indicated by the numeral 8 of Figure 2, whereby the bottle is closed when not in use, and the disc thus serves as acollar for the wiper, whereby it can be readily removed from the bottle when it'is desired to distribute the mucilage, paste or glue.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that a very simple and economical constructed cap closure is produced, whereby all of the requirements of a perfectseal for the container or bottle is had in shipment, and

when the parts of the cap closure are removed, one of the elements, to wit the disc 6, can then be utilized for a removable closure, which becomes practically a part of the Wiper.

I claim:' A closure for muclla-ge, glue or paste bottle, the same having an annular lip about tion of the cap shell body and extending back to. the cap flange, the tongue being for removal by breakage through the flange upon its out lines, whereby the cap shell is lGlHOVGdJ'fTODl the bottle, the centrally apertured disc being thereafter removed from said cap shell and fitted with a stem or a spreader for a temporary removable closure for said bottle mouth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee,

in the county of Milwaukee and State of l/Visconsin.

ROBT. R. arm. 

